Can iMovie 11 import QuickTime (.mov)?

I noticed that iMovie '09 does not import QuickTime movie formatted files. Does this hold true for iMovie '11 as well? I would think that to keep people from jumping through hoops translating movie files before getting them into iMovie, it would help to use QT natively.

Not everyone has iMovie HD, do they?

It took me 4 moves to get some movies from a camera off a PC into iMovie:a) Received WMV files from colleague via email attachmentb) Using Flip4Mac Pro/Studio,open in QT and convert the WMV files to QT .movc) Place into Adobe Media Encoder CS5 (if I didn't have that, I would be sunk) and export them to m4v d) Import into iMovie '09 Event Library

Now the fact that QT is not recognized by iMovie makes just as much sense as why Microsoft Word never accepted Microsoft Works files.

Thanks for the info. I have found the formats and codecs supported by QT here:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3775?viewlocale=en_USIs there any published info on the formats and codecs supported by iMovie? And how do I find out the codec of a certain video file?

To check the codecs of a video file, right click and select 'Get Info'.

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.... Is there any published info on the formats and codecs supported by iMovie? And how do I find out the codec of a certain video file?

iMovie uses internally only TWO codecs: DV and Appleintermediate, in few resolutions and framerates. If you manually convert any files for usage in iM, choose one of these two to avoid double conversions.

In Finder, select your file, hit Apple-i and read in the info window, what codec is in use. Or, open file in QuicktimePlayer, Apple-i ...-

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